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Ena May

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Ena May is an actress, writer and director from Dublin. She trained under Deirdre O'Connell at the Stanislavski Studio at the Focus Theatre, Dublin. Since her stage debut in 1974, she has acted in over fifty productions and on radio, TV and film. May began writing in 1984 and has written plays, fiction and TV drama. Plays not listed in the Irish Playography include 'Maria's Claim', written for the Balcony Belles, a community theatre group from Dublin's inner city, with whom she worked for a year. Her collection of short stories, 'A Close Shave with the Devil', was published in 1998, from which her play 'The Red Sandals' is taken.

Playwriting Credits

Play Title Playwright
A Close Shave with the Devil Ena May
Out of the Beehive Ena May
She's Your Mother Too, You Know! Ena May
The Red Sandals Ena May

Actor

Play Title Playwright
A Close Shave with the Devil Ena May
Dev G.P. Gallivan
Dorothy Graham Reid
The Movements of Mr Brooker Jim O'Donnell
The Red Sandals Ena May
The Wind that Shook the Barley Declan Burke-Kennedy
Uncle Silas Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Director

Play Title Playwright
Healing The Dead Johnny Hanrahan
Out of the Beehive Ena May
She's Your Mother Too, You Know! Ena May